Paris Marathon winners
The 2026 Paris Marathon was won on Sunday by Ethiopia’s Shurre Demise in the women’s race and Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa in the men’s race, results that are shaping spring marathon form. (runnersworld.com)
Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the men’s race at the Paris Marathon on Sunday, and Ethiopia’s Shure Demise won the women’s race in a course record. (apnews.com) Crippa finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 18 seconds on Avenue Foch after reaching halfway in 1:03:14. Demise ran 2:18:35, breaking the women’s course record in the 49th edition of the race. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) The official results listed Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager second in the men’s race in 2:05:23 and Kenya’s Sila Kiptoo third in 2:05:28. In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Misgane Alemayehu was second in 2:19:08 and Kenya’s Magdaline Masai third in 2:19:17. (watchathletics.com) Paris is one of Europe’s biggest spring marathons, and the 2026 field drew nearly 60,000 runners through the French capital. The race route ran from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch. (apnews.com) (sortiraparis.com) Crippa’s win put an Italian man atop the Paris podium for the first time, according to race organizers and wire reports. Demise’s 2:18:35 moved the women’s standard below the previous course mark in a race that organizers said also set a participation record for women, with 20,800 entrants. (espn.com) (rfi.fr) The men’s time was more than a minute slower than the Paris course record of 2:04:21 set by Kenya’s Elisha Rotich in 2021. The women’s race, by contrast, produced the day’s clearest historical marker. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa said he realized “it would be my day” around the 33rd kilometer and attacked when he saw rivals fading at the 39th kilometer. By the finish, Paris had delivered one first-time Italian men’s champion and one record-setting women’s winner on the same morning. (espn.com)
